REMEMBERING?

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Those gathered at the Cenotaph just before the 11th hour and the lone physical sign of remembering

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REMEMBERING

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The B J villagers and UK citizens everywhere annually recall and REMEMBER on the 11th day of the 11th month those who fell and died in our Nations’s conflicts.

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These visual signs of respect and thanks by the Nation are always physically shown and seen on -

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Remembrance Sunday every year at hundreds of Cenotaphs sited in villages, towns and cities

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WE WILL REMEMBER ! .. ,..

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Will We?, Do We? .. .. Evidently not necessarily so..

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For only 10 of the 4000 or so Burton Joyce residents were at the Cenotaph this year - to remember, pay their respects and show their gratitude for those who made the ultimate sacrifice

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WHY ? Why? Why? On this “Sunday of National Remembrance”

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Why -No official village representative at the cenotaph at the 11th hour?
Why -No British Legion representation?
Why -No Clergy representative from any of the 3 village churches?
Why - No single sign of Remembrance - public or private place at the cenotaph

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"Only one simple small poignant cross brought and laid there by one of the ladies present"
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Are these the reasons why I feel so low and dissappointed on this

"ANNUAL NATIONAL REMEMBRANCE DAY" ?

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B J Post Office

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B J POST OFFICE

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Our village Post Office SAGA continues - .. Does it ? .. .. - really ! .

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Or is the more important question !! ..!! -

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How long will the present situation continue? Orrrrrrr ! .. .. ..

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Is the “dreaded closure decision” already in the pipeline ? .. .. .. I wonder !! !!

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SILVER SURFERS

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BURTON JOYCE and SILVER SURFERS
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The activity of two, quite separate and individual, long time resident - Burton Joyce Silver Silvers have created outstanding individual Online works - truly individual, comprehensive, unique, non-commercial, and non-profit making
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The two works are featured and permanently linked from within the

BURTON JOYCE BLOG which daily chronicles the news, views , faces and places - within the village, with serious, amusing and sometime contentious content.
The BLOG online address is http://www.burtonjoyceblog.blogspot.com
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These two, quite individual, works cover
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1)The Social history of Burton Joyce via a 1600<1900> which describes the village relationship with the hosiery industry and families thro the period.. This “TimeLine” method of describing the history and village characters during 1600<1900>The work is enhanced with over 220 illustrations and images .. and
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2)The Burton Joyce, Virtual Reality, Interactive, Village Tour with truly unique impressive panoramic views thro-out.. The work is genuinely innovative and produced with an individual expertise rarely seen. It utilising over 50 individual (interlinked) camera panoramic locations, each taking at least a full minute for each un-interrupted panoramic viewing
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Simply "Click" on either of the two links within the heading for direct online transfers
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UP and DOWN

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The "Up and Down" of Spire

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St Helen's original church spire is dated as from the 1300’s Unfortunately it now permanently located at ground level within the churchyard with a Grade 2 listing

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The top of the spire was replaced in 1895, gas lighting was installed, then replaced with electricity in 1935. Central heating was installed with a boiler under the central aisle, to be replaced by a gas boiler outside the building about 1940.
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The Vicarage in 1922 was described as suitable to the needs of the vicar

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It comprised of three sitting rooms, a kitchen scullery and pantries, five bedrooms, a bathroom, two box-rooms and, externally, a coach house, stable, cowshed, cow stall and coal house.
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WoW!
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TRICKS or TREAT

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TRICKS or TREAT ?

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Vernon Croaker MP - Maiden speech in Parliament - 10 Jun 1997 : Column 1033(Hanzard)

…“There are also two beautiful rural villages. Burton Joyce is the larger. It is popular with commuters to Nottingham and has a most beautiful 13th-century church. Stoke Bardolph is in the valley of the Trent, with lovely views across the river to Shelford and Radcliffe” .. .. I see this every day - a treat!

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I went to my B J Dentist the other day - for my routine check-up. As usual my teeth did require some attention - A filling had broken in one and a “hole” had appeared in another , …. ….so I accepted my Dentist's diagnosis and booked in for a later appointment - for remedial treatment - for a problem - I could not see.. !! ?? a trick!

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On my way out I stopped to read a grand coloured brochure pinned on the reception notice board - It advertised the forthcoming Bonfire and Fireworks event scheduled for the 1st Nov. - I read it and re-read it . .., several times, until eventually the receptionist came over and asked “Is there a problem?”. “Yes I replied - the Dentist’s examination must have affected my eye sight .. I can‘t see where this Village Bon Fire event is being held” - “Oh! Don’t get concerned, she replied, we have all had the same problem. Obviously, there is a mistake and it has been left off - We guess it will be at held at the Poplars Sports Ground” - .. .. a problem - for I could not see where - a trick!

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We received our Quarterly Gas Heating Bill (July/August/September ) the other day - approx £450 - for a summer quarter - for a couple - this was definitely NO treat

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Yes approx £450 Gas Heating Bill - for a couple - for a summer quarter -

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To Gordon Brown ! Please take note

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.. .. And to that guy named FAWKES, .. .. .. "Where are you? "-

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"You have some unfinished business" .. .. :-) .. .. this COULD be a treat!

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DID you SEE

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DID YOU SEE ?

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Last nights BBC TV programme on “East Midlands Today” ( reporting on the subject of “Car Seat Belt wearing” .

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The piece was filmed on the Burton Joyce/Lowdham Road , on the B J side of the Bulcote Cross Roads at a point between the “old, existing and filthy” 30MPH restricted speed sign and the “new clean interactive speed registering warning” sign sited at the Shaftsbury Avenue cross road with the new (apparently un-saleable) apartment block alongside

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The reported result of wearing a car seat belt is the saving of at least one fatality every day of the year

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The Old Bulcote Petrol Station (now only selling cars) was clearly recognisable with its plethora of vehicles on display alongside the road

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DID you KNOW?

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B J Blacksmithies (1841) - now The Dance Studio

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DID YOU KNOW?

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Did you know that this village centre landmark (now the Dance Studio) was, once upon a time, the B J Village Blacksmiths Forge .

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Yes ! In the 1841 these premises were occupied by Joseph Alvey and his son Matthew - as the village Blacksmiths. Matthew later took over the business from his father

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Another son, Joseph (junior) became the village butcher, then a farmer , marrying the widow Ann Dams . One of their children - Sophia - married Harry Roberts, together they built and lived at “Fernside” in Criftin Road on land purchased from Joseph and Ann.

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Harry Roberts and his wife Sophia later gifted to the village the land/area now known as “Roberts Playfield” alongside the “Nelson Public House”

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If you did not know .. .. You do now !!
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